“I was selected to present Automated Insights at CED Tech Venture in 2011, so I feel honored to co-chair the event this year. It's a great opportunity for entrepreneurs to get in front of a big group of investors and for investors to see some of the innovation happening in the Southeast. I'm looking forward to making this the best CED Tech Venture ever.”

Robbie Allen is currently a Ph.D. student in Computer Science at UNC focused on Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and Natural Language Processing. Robbie is the Founder and Executive Chairman of Automated Insights, a company he started in 2007, led through three rounds of funding, and a successful acquisition in 2015.

Robbie started writing code to automate the writing process while working at Cisco, where he was a distinguished engineer, the company’s top technical position. He has two engineering Master’s degrees from MIT and has authored or co-authored ten books about enterprise software and software development.